Decision on the report of the second ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction

In this decision, the African Union (AU) Executive Council endorses the report of the second African Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), as well as the extended Programme of Action for the implementation of the Africa Strategy for disaster risk reduction (2006-2015) and the recommendations of the second African Ministerial Declaration on disaster risk reduction held in Nairobi, Kenya, 14-16 April 2010. This was done at the 16th African Union Summit, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 25-31 January.